Toronto’s downtown universities want to keep pedestrian space open to people and closed to cars

Ryerson University students agitated for the closure of Gould Street for years, but it took the front wall at 335 Yonge Street to collapse and come crashing to the ground for them to get their wish. Of course, now that the strip between Yonge and Church is open to pedestrians only, the university wants the experimental pedestrian space to stay that way beyond the official end of the term in September. Ditto the University of Toronto’s road closure for Willcocks Street between Huron and St. George. The locals, and even local business owners, appear on the universities’ side; however, we have to note that city council’s attitude toward pedestrian infrastructure hasn’t been wildly positive thus far. Read the entire story [Globe] »